From using his life savings to start an ambitious warehouse production studio in Tinley Park, IL, to over 50 production awards including an Emmy Award Nomination, Steve Grein has always believed that business is more than just your work.A devoted sports fan and entrepreneur with all of his skin in the game, literally, he grew NeWave Video Productions from a one edit suite cramped into a small warehouse into a 6,000 square foot full-service production studio that produced over 1,500 nationally television shows, for household names like ESPN, SPEED/FS1, CBS Sports, Outdoor Channel, Comcast Sports Chicago, FOX Sports, and MAVTV, for nearly two decades. Steve brokered and sold his firm to MAVTV (Lucas Oil), his largest client, and headed its production team in California. From the creation of white-label corporate programming, to piloting the 2015 “Chili Bowl” production, the highest rated program in network history, which drove website traffic to 10x benchmark levels and trended on Twitter, he substantially amplified the success of the network. Accelerating distribution 700% from 4 to 28 million subscribers, his genuine passion for sports and experience building a studio from the ground-up, helped him conceptualize and deliver programming that resonated deeply with audiences and drove viewership.After three years with MAVTV, Power Automedia’s CEO tapped Steve to be its Executive Producer. Steve continues to bring production operations financial success by accurately and comprehensively assessing client needs and goals, leveraging creative talent, and deploying cutting-edge technologies to produce best-in-class content. To him, business is more than just work, and sports are much more than just a game. "You know my old saying: live it up, the meter's running. I've always said that if you don't have fun while you're here, then it's your fault. You only get to do this once." – Harry Caray
